Phylogeny, Biology, and Classification of Extant Holocephalans

Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 97-122

  Didier, Dominique A ^a   Kemper, Jenny M ^b   Ebert, David A ^b  

^a MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

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